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1432 1945—Chapter 1097
Improvement of
harbors.
Develop port
facilities.
Stimulation of
trade.
Cooperation with
Federal Govern-ment.
Cooperation with
cities and
counties.
Federal asrency.
General.
seaports within the State, or within the jurisdiction of the
State, and works of internal improvements incident thereto, in-cluding
the acquisition or construction, maintenance and op-eration
at such seaports or harbors of watercraft, terminal
railroad and facilities and highways and bridges thereon or
essential for the proper operation thereof. Said Authority is
created as an instrumentality of the State of North Carolina for
the accomplishment of the following general purposes:
A. To develop and improve the hai-bors or seaports at Wil-mington,
Morehead City and Southport, North Carolina, and
such other places as they may deem feasible for the more
expeditious and efficient handling of waterborne commerce from
and to any part of the State of North Carolina and other states
and foreign countries.
B. To acquire, construct, equip, maintain, develop and im-prove
the port facilities at said ports and to improve such por-tions
of the waterways thereat as are not within the jurisdic-tion
of the Federal government.
C. To foster and stimulate the shipment of freight and com-merce
through said ports, whether originating within or with-out
the State of North Carolina, including the investigation
and handling of matters pertaining to all transportation rates
and rate structures affecting the same.
D. To cooperate with the United States of America and any
agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof in
the maintenance, development, improvement and use of said
harbors and seaports in connection with and in furtherance
of the war operations and needs of the United States.
E. To accept funds from any of said counties or cities where-in
said ports are located and to use the same in such manner,
within the purposes of said Authority, as shall be stipulated
by the said county or city, and to act as agent or instrumen-tality,
of any of said counties or cities in any matter coming
within the general purposes of said Authority.
F. To act as agent for the United States of America or any
agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof, in
any matter coming within the purposes or powers of the Au-thority.
G. And in general to do and perform any act or function
which may tend to or be useful toward the development and im-provement
of the said harbors and seaports of the State of
North Carolina, and to increase the movement of water-borne
commerce, foreign and domestic, through said harbors and sea-ports.

1432 1945—Chapter 1097
Improvement of
harbors.
Develop port
facilities.
Stimulation of
trade.
Cooperation with
Federal Govern-ment.
Cooperation with
cities and
counties.
Federal asrency.
General.
seaports within the State, or within the jurisdiction of the
State, and works of internal improvements incident thereto, in-cluding
the acquisition or construction, maintenance and op-eration
at such seaports or harbors of watercraft, terminal
railroad and facilities and highways and bridges thereon or
essential for the proper operation thereof. Said Authority is
created as an instrumentality of the State of North Carolina for
the accomplishment of the following general purposes:
A. To develop and improve the hai-bors or seaports at Wil-mington,
Morehead City and Southport, North Carolina, and
such other places as they may deem feasible for the more
expeditious and efficient handling of waterborne commerce from
and to any part of the State of North Carolina and other states
and foreign countries.
B. To acquire, construct, equip, maintain, develop and im-prove
the port facilities at said ports and to improve such por-tions
of the waterways thereat as are not within the jurisdic-tion
of the Federal government.
C. To foster and stimulate the shipment of freight and com-merce
through said ports, whether originating within or with-out
the State of North Carolina, including the investigation
and handling of matters pertaining to all transportation rates
and rate structures affecting the same.
D. To cooperate with the United States of America and any
agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof in
the maintenance, development, improvement and use of said
harbors and seaports in connection with and in furtherance
of the war operations and needs of the United States.
E. To accept funds from any of said counties or cities where-in
said ports are located and to use the same in such manner,
within the purposes of said Authority, as shall be stipulated
by the said county or city, and to act as agent or instrumen-tality,
of any of said counties or cities in any matter coming
within the general purposes of said Authority.
F. To act as agent for the United States of America or any
agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof, in
any matter coming within the purposes or powers of the Au-thority.
G. And in general to do and perform any act or function
which may tend to or be useful toward the development and im-provement
of the said harbors and seaports of the State of
North Carolina, and to increase the movement of water-borne
commerce, foreign and domestic, through said harbors and sea-ports.